Game apparatus.



6MM/humo@ W. G. LAKE.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATlON FILED NOV. 29, 1913.

Warner 6I Lake .WARNER e. LAKE, or PLAZA, wAsiaINGToN.

GAME AJPnnnTUs.

Specieation of Letters Patent. Applicaties mea November 29, 191e.-l seriai No. 803,763.

Patented oet. 27, 1914.

To all whom 'z't may concern: y

Be it. known that I, WARNER G. Lann, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plaza, in the county of Spokane land Statey of IVashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garne Apparatus, of

whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to 'game apparatus;

. and it has for itspobjeet the provision ofA apparatus of this character which will furnisfh considerable amusement and entertain ment for its players andGwhich will4 consist of a number of playing pieces having i11- dieia,thereon such as arithmetical symbols and numbers designed in such manner that examples in arithmetic may be performed and y,the players instructed in the science of.

numbers during the progress of the game. IVith the above and other, objects in view,

the invention consists 'of certain novel. fea-v tures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. y

In` the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan view of the complete sets of playing pieces of the game apparatus; and F ig. 2 is a plan view illustrating the manner of playing the game.

As I'contemplate providing game apparatus which will be interesting and amusing and of a form which may bring into use the four arithmetical processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication "and division, use is made of sets A, B, C, D, E,F, G, H, and I of playing pieces, which are numbered from one to nine inclusive as shown Yin Fig.

, l of the drawing. These playing pieces may be constructed of bone, wood or any other suitable material which may be found desirable and of the rectangular conhfpgura` tion illustrated, or they may be of, other shapes as such is not intended to form any part of the invention. Excepting for the numbers indicated herein at 1 in the center of each ofthe ,playing pieces, they different sets are identical and each of said sets consists of sixpieees each having differently arranged aritlimetical symbols 2 thereon, i. e., plus minus times Aand divide disposed at Ithe sides of their numbered intermediate surfaces and preferably terminating at the ends of the'pieces, the symbols of certa-in of Ysaid playing pieces being arranged with regard to'similar symbolslon other pieces so as to agree or mate therewith as will be described later. In addition longer than either of the playingpieces of the different sets andarianged thereon in any-suitable manner are symbols 3 disposed near the corners and of such si '-cance' as will permit .of their being mate Ywith agree'- ing symbols on the playing pieces of lthe setsv From the construction of the different ele-k to the playing pieces :set forth inthe foregoing, employ a key piece or starter J n shown 1n` Fig. 2. This piece ispreferably ments of the apparatus and prior to a brief description of the mode of playing the same,

it is said thateach player 1s to exercise care at his turn that the vsum total or resulting count of the playing piece will represent five turned `face `downand shuffled, each lplayer `or some multiple thereof. Now, in playing.

the game, all of the playing piecesl are v drawing'a given number ofpieces from the board and the starterA J (Fig. 2*) placed on the board, Aface up. With reference to Fig.

2 it is supposed that thefirst player possesses the playing piece, -i-5-, and that said piece -is placed with its symbol neXt to the mating symbol of the starter; that the next player possesses the piece -l-tX, the-latter is placed With its symbol next to the mating or X symbol of the starterJ, the irst player being entitled to a score of live points and the next player a score of twenty points as 5 4=20- lThe symbols at the opposite ends of the playing pieces are not recognized in determining a count. The next player in turn now adds the numbers already down,

S4-4:29 and as the remaining unmated he is only entitled to a count by laying +1-.- If he fails to possessvthe playing piece necessary to the desired count, he may play l-:- if he possess the same, mating onlthe piece played with the correspondingisymbol on thel starter J. The sum total is now' 5|4}3=12; whereupon, the next player, by playing 2+ is entitled to a score of L12-2:10. The sum of the four ends of playing pieces thus distributed is now 2+4+5+3=14 and as the starter J is covered, the player mayy lay on any symbol that he may wish. yFor instance, +1- may be placed with its -lsymbol next to the symbol of +3- as M --lzl. The ends of the four outer playing pieces Anow add 2+a+5+1=l2 The next player may mate +3 with |4 and receive a count of 15. In this manner thegame is continued, the

l ing piece, he may match the required sym!v tinued. The player whose supply of playsv ingpieces is exhausted first adds his score lthe four end playing pieces, and matching and playing thosepieoes to produce the count, with the desired result 5 or some multipl'e. Should a player be without a playbols of thepreviously' disturbed 'pieces or hemay draw from/the reserve lot until he secures a piece which can be properly con- With the sum of all the playing pieces of the Hopponents, after which the playing pieces of the opponents and those previousl distributed or played are again o place downward and the game again resumed, and' the player who rst obtains a score equal to or more than the prescribed Ltotalis decided the winner. i v The foregoing describes one of the many ways in which the game maybe played and it is obviously seen thereby, that, the device amusing.

From the foregoing description, taken in '4 connection with the accompanying drawings,

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is interesting w as well as instructive and the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

, Various changes in -the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from thev principle or 4sacricing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what 1. A game apparatus comprising playingv Apieces having mating arithmetical symbols thereon, and numbersf and a starting piece provided with arithmetical symbols.

. 2. A -.game apparatusy comprising playing pieces having matingarithmetical symbols thereon, and numbers, and a starting device provided with-arithmetical symbols disposed transversely and adjacent the corner portions thereof. v I

In testimon whereof I aix my signature i two witnesses.

WARNER G..LAKE. Witnessesr n F. J. Gmini, M. LEWALLEN,

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